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Robert L. Berry Final Flight on July 23, 1966 |
Robert L. Berry, SSgt., USAF December 03, 1938 - July 23, 1966
Robert L. Berry
Staff Sergeant Robert L. Berry. Sergeant Berry dies in Thailand. He is assigned to the 38th ARRS at Udorn RTAFB, Thailand as a Pararescueman on the HH-3E "Jolly Green Giant" helicopter squadron. Shortly after his arrival. The unit's mission takes it into the remote mountainous regions of Laos, where it stages of of a highly classifed CIA-controlled site, and performs rescues deep into North Vietnam and enemy-held Laos. Living conditions are primitive, rudimentary at best. It is believed Bob contracts Black Water Fever while serving at one such site.
Sergeant Berry is buried in the Willamette National Cemetery, Section S. Site 2039, 11800 Se Mt. Scott Boulevard, Portland, OR. 97086
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